Questions tagged [serenity]
the milestone of ethereum where it switches the consensus protocol to proof-of-stake
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Why does Ethereum plan to move to Proof of Stake?
The initial version of Ethereum (Frontier) uses a Proof of Work based consensus algorithm, but I see that there are plans to implement a Proof of Stake based consensus algorithm called "Casper" in a ...
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How do I make my DAPP “Serenity-Proof?”
When Serenity comes around, the network will undergo many changes, some of which may have unexpected consequences on existing Smart Contracts. How can I plan so that I am best prepared to take ...
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When will the difficulty bomb make mining impossible?
I know the answer must be out there in the code already, but I couldn't figure out where exactly. Could someone do the maths for me: With block 200k the difficulty bomb started increasing the ...
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Is block.timestamp safe for longer time periods?
I would like to set a timer like
uint timeout = now + 1 year;
Is it possible that a miner cheats the timestamp of the block that it's included more then let's say a month.
So if I need roughly 1 ...
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What is the Long-Range-Attack in Proof-of-Stake?
What is the Long-Range-Attack in Proof-of-Stake? And how will this vector be mitigated with the Casper Proof-of-Stake implementation?
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Will be a ring signature scheme possible to implement at Ethereum?
It's been quite a few days I'm wondering if a Ring Signature Scheme (like Monero (XMR) has) can be implemented on Ethereum blockchains.
As far as I know, that will be so nice in order to increase ...
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With a ring signature mixer, will Ethereum transactions be completely anonymous?
I was reading the Serenity PoC2. The part quoted below grabbed my attention.
Does it imply full anonymity for Ethereum transactions should I decide to use the ring signature mixer?
Ring signature ...
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Casper, Serenity, Constantinople, Ethereum 2.0
I hear alot about the terms:
Casper
Serenity
Constantinople
Ethereum 2.0
At some point I thought that all are the same, the next release of Ethereum, but apparently there’s an upcoming fixes patches ...
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What are the major risks of Ethereum moving to Proof of Stake?
There has been discussion about the motivations and benefits of moving to Proof of Stake. For a risk-benefit analysis of moving to Proof of Stake, what are the major risks?
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When will Ethereum switch to Proof of Stake? [closed]
What is the latest estimation of when will the switch to PoS happen?
Last time the question was asked about 6 months ago, the answer was mid-2016, which is just around the corner. https://...
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What happens to immutable contracts when Ethereum 2.0 will likely change the 15s block time?
Immutable contracts that need to have a time system for handling their functions process are mostly based on block.number system. They assume there is about 15seconds between each block and thus ...
